Multiply



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 乘; 大大增加;繁殖
• ［英］ v. 大大增加 ( greatly increase) ; 繁殖 ( breed)
• ［类］ multiply : divide / enter : leave ( 乘对除 / 进对出) 反义词: propagate ( 繁殖) -fail to multiply ( 不能繁殖)
• ［记］ multi（多）+ply（表动词） -> 变多 -> 乘

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (-plied; -plying)

• Etymology: Middle English multiplien, from Anglo-French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare, from multiplic-, multiplex multiple
• Date: 13th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to increase in number especially greatly or in multiples ; augment
  • 2.
    • a. to find the product of by multiplication <multiply 7 and 8>
    • b. to use as a multiplicand in multiplication with another number <multiply 7 by 8>
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to become greater in number ; spread
    • b. breed, propagate
  • 2. to perform multiplication
• Synonyms: see increase

II. adverb

• Date: 1881
• in a multiple manner ; in several ways <multiply talented children>

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